OUGUIYA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OUGUIYA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUGUIYA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUGUIYA is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUGUIYA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ouguiyasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUGUIYA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OUGUIYA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 686,195.
What does OUGUIYA mean in Scrabble?
noun
The basic unit of money in Mauritania.
The ouguiya is divided into smaller units called khoums, and prices in Mauritanian markets are quoted with it. Because the name is borrowed from Arabic, spellings in English vary, and the form here is the one most dictionaries list first.
How OUGUIYA is used
Ouguiya turns up in travel guides, exchange tables and financial news about Mauritania.
- The guidebook lists the price of a taxi ride in ouguiya.
- He exchanged his dollars for ouguiya at the airport counter.
- The central bank reported a small drop in the value of the ouguiya.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUGUIYA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUGUIYA
1 longer words begin with OUGUIYA.
Shorter words from the letters in OUGUIYA
Common questions about OUGUIYA
- Is OUGUIYA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUGUIYA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUGUIYA worth?
- OUGUIYA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUGUIYA mean?
- The basic unit of money in Mauritania.
- What letters can be added to OUGUIYA?
- OUGUIYA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OUGUIYA:
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